Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-26
A SINGULAR FIGHT
Among the KnIghia az Lat 20. % on 1ts
Of PoW5erly Hieing 2 yea ssgd.

Among the KnIgfia az Latlr--O, ~ on s1tr
Of Powcerly EieinG 2 yea .sgd.
PITrsI URG, April 25.--Wa hrs been
declared By the general o icars of he
Knights of Labor upon ali thoae who are
not in accord with the present NlI.luiptra-
ton.
Already one OF The leading OH ials ol The
West is sid tt have bee expellG from he
order because of utteTan ces which reilec ed
upon it.
The POwderly a5minii trEtiou has not
stopped in it's efforts to keep closed the
mouths Of its malcOntsIts 9lOlaa
A move which partaEes uft til nature OF
boycott has been declared BY the Pow
derly administrat \ upon & large nun her
of the labo organs throughout the country.
The last issue Of the JOH mol q URited
Labor gives an of6eiSl notification Of this
move against ali labor papers ttat have
Iot been p 1nounceC in favor o. the nre-
sent general officers. The JOara is reCOg-
Dized as the ofisisl organ Of the Knights
of Labor. It's conte ts arc OILY published
for the benefit Of Il e members Of the or
der, and are guarded as carefully from The
outside world as even POwdGfly's secret
cirJI lar.
4 eopv az the last iisHe, however, was
seen today. II prefsCeB q lig5 Of twenty
tT labor papers, distribute in different
pi IT'S of the country, as follows 81 his
list IF labor papers we take pleasure in
recommending. We win add to the list IS
occasion may warrant"
The publication Of his announcement is
occasioning intense indignation through
out the country. OF eight hundred labor
| journals throughout the country, bat
twenty-five are recoulme lded by the gem
eral officers o. the Kuigh Is OF Labor % he
members of che order. II is practically a
boycott On the others
II is So id that these twenty-five papers
have toadied to the POwderly aduinistra-
ton. They have made il point to pub
lish in full the spec, hes on different Occa-
sions Of Powderly, Turner and LitChman,
while other leaders not in sympathy with
these officers, have had their speeches
completely ignored in such papers.
1t is being very generally commented
upon that the labor papers of Pittsburgh
are not in the list endorsed by he ad-
ministratiOn." They are not on record as
yielding entirely TO Powderly, though
several at least of them are favorable TO
linn. The list is to be increased as each
paper endorses the administration. 1t is
an indirect hit guarding against every ave-
nue. for the increase Of the power OF the
real artists"
The power of the malcOnterts, however,
is still said to be growing A prominent
Knight of Labor said this morning: "The
Improved Order of Knights is not dead.
You will yet hear from it. 1t may be not
before the October General Assembly, 10
be held at Memphis. But even now you
see its strength creeping out i'll the East. p"
''Thc intention OF the administration to
suppress the rebellion at once is manifest
ing itself, especially within the past two
weeks. One of the leaders in the West,
who was outspoken against the present
administration, has been expelled. The
heads of others are in danger. Every man
who speaks against or interferes with the
administration is to be expelled. The la
test course pursued by the administration
is construed as an attempt to muzzle all
members and newspapers in the country
that are against it.